On Sat, 21 Jan 2017 12:58:52 -0700, graham > wrote:

>On 2017-01-21 12:41 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Jan 2017 11:23:24 -0700, graham > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2017-01-21 7:55 AM, wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 20:16:39 -0700, U.S. Janet B. >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 15:02:00 -0700, U.S. Janet B. >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Kitchenaid Torrent Blender
>>>>>> http://www.kitchenaid.com/countertop...rrent-blender/
>>>>>> I'll have to see some demos of this before I understand the purpose. I
>>>>>> clicked on the small icon in some literature because I thought it was
>>>>>> one of those blenders we used to see used at soda fountains.
>>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>
>>>>> The price on this machine is $499.99. Now, I want to know what the
>>>>> heck you get for $500?
>>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>>> Nothing that I can't get on my old Cuisinart FP. My neighbour bought
>>>> a Vitamix, also very expensive, and he gave me a demo, can't say it
>>>> made me want to buy one.
>>>>
>>> My son & d-i-l use a blender for smoothies and the first 2 blenders
>>> didn't last long so they bought an expensive one, possibly a vitamix. It
>>> has lasted for several years now and was worth the extra expense.
>>
>> my grandsons make smoothies for themselves for breakfast and after
>> school. The fruits and vegetables they put in the mix give the
>> machine a good workout.
>> Janet US
>>
>Those daily workouts destroyed their cheaper blenders - including a KA!

Oh puh-leeze... any $2 yard sale blender is all that's needed for
smoothies... wtf are they pureeing, corn cobs?